Cleia Almeida

Actor

Biography

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Filmography

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Salty Sea

Maria Rita Almeida

Mar Salgado is a story of a woman who had 2 twins and thought they died after the were born, but it couldn't be more far from truth, and now 16 years later she'll try to find them.

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Winter Sun

Célia

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Perfect Heart

Sofia Cardoso

Leonor and Pedro, are young, in love and from different social classes. She is the daughter of a wealthy man. He is from a modest working class family. They experience an intense but dramatically short love affair. When Pedro discovers Leonor’s father’s secret – that he sexually abused a maid – he is the victim of a hit and run accident, leaving him in a deep coma for 5 years. He later awakens to find out that his girlfriend, who was told he had died in the accident, moved on with her life and married someone else, after several years of grieving.

6.2

Leading Role

Teresa Silvestre

At the center of this story is Aurora Guerra, a popular actress who became a star in the teen series "The Chosen Ones" at an early age. Irene and Julio, Aurora's parents, signed her up for a casting several years ago and the matriarch, realizing that the decision was between her and another girl, managed to play the casting director in Aurora's favor. Lúcia has the same dream: to be a successful actress and decides to apply for the casting as well, but she soon realizes Irene's scheme and decides to confront her. After a violent argument between the two, Lúcia ends up having an accident that almost took her life and killed her chance of becoming an actress, due to the physical disabilities she was left with. Twenty years later, Lucia is determined to take revenge. The young woman wants to get back what she believes Aurora has taken from her, far from imagining that she is just a victim of Irene's evil deeds.

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Vila Faia

Cristina Andrade

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Father by Chance

Júlia Paixão

An unlikely love with a happy ending... At age 40, Miguel is at the top of his career as a plastic surgeon, having reached the fame and fortune he worked so hard for. He’s a hopeless bachelor, never committing to any real relationship. This is not just by choice, his situation is a result of never having met his parents and being raised in a children’s home. But, overnight, a simple phone call will change his life entirely, making him recall a point in his life that he’d rather forget. His best friend from the institution was just killed in a car crash along with his wife, but left written instructions behind stating that, if something should happen to him, Miguel should be given custody of his three children, 12-year-old Simão, 8-year-old Jaime and 6-year-old Beatriz. Initially, Miguel will try to dismiss himself from any responsibility but, after meeting the kids, he realizes that he has no choice but to bring them home.

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Maternidade

Dra. Sandra Queiroz

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The Mata's Family

Eva

A family by force... Paulo and Susana have been together for a few years now and decide to take the next step in their relationship by moving in together. But, as they're signing the deed to the house, her father, who was supposed to bring the check, ends up delivering the bad news that there is no money for the house, thus ending this young couple’s dream. However, Artur doesn’t want to come off as a bad parent, so he offers his attic to them so that they can start their life together. So, Paulo’s dream turns into an absolute nightmare, as their life as a couple is, in fact, shared with seven other people who are all very different from them and will start controlling their every move in a permanently tense environment. The Mata family, as it turns out, is all insane, the only exception being Susana. And even her will have a hard time convincing the rest of the family to accept and welcome their new member.

7.5

Neighbors Forever

Sandra

The daily life of the residents of the "Terraços do Glamour" condominium, on the outskirts of Lisbon, highlights their problems with defective apartments and spoiled facilities due to the developer's false promises.

8.3

Marco Paulo

Mãe de Marco Paulo (jovem)

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8.2

Sara

Editora de Revista

Sara is a portuguese actress who only works in film and is known for her ability to cry on cue. But one day her eyes dry up just like her interest in cinema. The solution? Soap operas.

6.5

Hotel do Rio

Raquel

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6.5

The Lovebirds

Sandra

THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who create a colorful mix of off-beat characters that lead us through a complex labyrinth of emotions. Set in the old Romanesque city of Lisbon during the course of one night where love is the art of survival. Written by Anonymous

7.0

Cold Haven

Glória

Maria is a Portuguese woman who emigrates to Vestmannaeyjar, a small and remote island in Iceland, in search of a better life for herself and her teenage daughter, Bela. Away from a past marked by domestic violence and deep secrets, she looks for freedom and a place to be herself. Six months after her arrival, Maria is found lifeless. Her violent death shocks the isolated community and exposes the secrets everyone is keeping. The investigation is placed in the hands of Soffía an Icelandic detective who, as she immerses in the investigation, faces her own crossroads, trying to balance professional duty and the ghosts of her past.

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Tony

Maria Pereira Mateus

"Tony" traces the Portuguese artist's journey from childhood, where he dealt with hunger and poverty, to his years of immigration, the beginning of his career, and his struggle for success, until he was acclaimed as one of the greatest Portuguese romantic singers. A story of overcoming adversity, hard work, and love... The man who reinvented himself to achieve what he most desired throughout his life: a family legacy.

6.8

Operation Autumn

Maria Humberta Delgado

A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965.

7.0

Santos da Casa

Rita Santos

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Caminhos da Alma - Fátima

Fátima

The pilgramage of 11 women in 9 days and 400km to Fátima.

8.5

Bad Living

Raquel

In a family-run hotel near the northern coast of Portugal, several women from the same family, spanning different generations, live together. Their relationship, poisoned by bitterness, struggles to survive in the decaying hotel. The unexpected arrival of a granddaughter in this claustrophobic space provokes turmoil and rekindles latent hatreds and accumulated resentments.

5.9

In the Darkness of the Night

Sónia Pinto

A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.